Vehicle-window device



H. CLAUSEN. VEHICLE WINDOW, DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28.4921.

Patented Aug. 11, 1922.

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INVENTOR ATTORNEYS UNITEB STATES HENRY GLAUSEN, OF SAN FRANCISGO,CALIFORNIA.

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Patented Aug. 1, 1922.

Application filed September 28, 1921. Serial No. 503,814.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, HENRY CLAUsnN, a citizen of the United States, andresident of the city and county of San Francisco, State of Californiahave invented new and useful Improvements in VehicleWVindow Devices, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object means for clamping the sliding windowsin automobiles or the lika whereb when the windows have been moved intoa desired position they may be clamped to prevent rattling or furthermovement duringthe motion of the vehicle.

By referring to the accompanying drawingrs my invention will be madeclear.

Fig. l is a cross section through a pair of windows and the upperportion of a stationary frame of the body of any well known vehicle.taken on the line II of Fig. 2, details of other portions of whichvehicle are not shown but well known.

Fig.1". 2 is a plan View of Fig. 1 with the windows and cover plateremoved.

Fin. 3 is a detail in perspective of the double link and fulcrum screw.

Fig. l a perspective view of two of the side plates in their relativeposition.

Fig. 5 is the base plate, in perspective.

Fig. 6 is a plan of the cover plate adapted to set over the mechanismshown assembled in Fig. 2.

F in. 7 is an end view of the plate of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 a section through Fig. 9 on the line VIIPJ Ill thereof and showsa variation in the cover plate and manner of trackin; of the sash.

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary side view of either Figs. 1 or 8.

Throughout the figures similar numerals refer to identical parts.

A portion of the assembled body is shown by the numeral 1.. This ispreferably chambered out at 2 and at 3.4. are shown a pair of slidingsash which may be normally guided upon the track 5 or which may beindivi dually tracked as shown at 6 and 7 of Fig. 8. At 9 is a baseplate mounted rigid with the body 1. Mounted upon the base plate are apair of sliding members guided on the edges 10. 11. The members havevertical segments 12, 13, respectively. which are adapted to clampagainst the sides of the windows 3 and 4, respectively. These sides 12and 13 are shown in their extended posit-ion in Fig. 2 at which time thewindows may be freely moved therebetween, whereas in F ig. 1 they areshown in their clamped position at which time the windows 3, 4, are heldrigidly agalnst any rattling or movement between the said segments. At 11 is a lug extending downward from the plate member 10, which lug is 111threaded engagement with the screw 15. This latter is adapted to rotateby the milled head 26 but held against endwise movement in the body 1.The double link of F g. 3 engages a pin 16 on the plate 10 and a pin 17on the plate 11, and at 18 the link is mounted on a fulcrum 20 carriedon the base plate 9. The several parts above enumerated are set in thebody 1 to a sufiicient depth so that the plate 19 when fitted overthe'parts obscures and protects them, and by the screws as 20 the partsare securely held to the body 1. The surface of the plate 19 at suchtime being flush with the remaining track portion 21 of the vehicle bodythe windows may slide freely thereover. It will now be seen that whenthe windows are moved into the position shown in Fig. 9 they may bereadily and simultaneously clamped or unclamped at. the will of theoperator by the single movement of the milled head screw 26.

I'claim:

1. As an article of manufacture, a clamp ing device for a pair ofwindows comprising a body portion and a pair of angle clips, one adaptedto clamp one and the other adapted to clamp the other of said windows,tracking means on said plate by which said clips are constrained to moveparallel to each other and at right angles to said windows. a lowermember pivoted at its center to said body plate and at each end pivotedto one of said angle clips, a screw member rotatably mounted againstend-movement, said screw engaging one of said clips whereby said angleclips are movable toward or away from each other.

2. An article of manufacture as set forth in claim 1 and central guidemeans for said windows on said body portion.

HENRY CLAUSEN.

